Celebrating Fearlessly Consequential: A Campaign for Our Collective Future
Join us as we kick off Vassar’s next comprehensive campaign. In addition to the official announcement, there will be panels, faculty presentations, and more. Watch the videos for the Vassar in the World and The Power of the Liberal Arts panel discussions and the Official Campaign Announcement.
Friday, October 14
6:00 p.m.
Reception
Frances Daly Fergusson Dance Theater, Kenyon Hall
6:30 p.m.
Performances by the Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre & Students from the Vassar College Music Department
Frances Daly Fergusson Dance Theater, Kenyon Hall
Saturday, October 15
9:45 a.m.
Vassar Faculty Presentations
Thompson Library Archives and Special Collections
Thompson Library, Class of 1951 Reading Room
Ronald Patkus, Associate Director of the Libraries for Special Collections and Adjunct Associate Professor of History on the Frederick Weyerhaeuser Chair
Enjoy a presentation by Ronald Patkus highlighting some of the outstanding treasures located in the Archives & Special Collections Library to include information on teaching and programs, with time for questions and discussion.
Health and Wellness at Vassar
Rockefeller Hall, Room 200
Carlos Alamo, Dean of the Faculty
Abigail Baird ’91, Professor of Psychological Science on the Arnhold Family Chair
Michelle Walsh, Director of Athletics and Physical Education
Join faculty and administrators for a conversation focused on the non-academic lives of students at Vassar that will touch upon the critical areas of counseling, health services, health promotion education, and more.
Sustainability Discussion: The Path to Carbon Neutrality
Rockefeller Hall, Room 300
Cora Kenfield, Assistant Dean for Strategic Planning and Director of the Office of Sustainability
Mary Ann Cunningham, Chair of the Environmental Studies Program
Clay Antonatos ’22
Martin Burstein ’23
Vassar has reduced its carbon footprint by almost two-thirds in less than fifteen years and is moving swiftly towards carbon neutrality by 2030.
Please join the Office of Sustainability for a panel discussion with faculty, a current student, and a recent graduate discussing recent progress, the role of the campus as a living laboratory for the next generation of environmental leaders, and how students have helped shape Vassar’s climate response.
11:00 a.m.
Vassar in the World
Martel Recital Hall, Skinner Hall
Elizabeth Bradley, President, Vassar College, Moderator
Tanay Tatum-Edwards ’12, Founder, CEO, FreeCap Financial
Torrey Maldonado ’96, Author, Educator, New York City Teacher
Peter Malinowski ’06, Executive Director, Billion Oyster Project
Learn more about the ways in which Vassar’s influence is felt in the world beyond our campus through personal and professional trajectories of alums. During this panel discussion, we will envision how Vassar may both shape and be shaped by the larger world in which we are located.
1:15 p.m.
Campus Tours
Start at any of the following three locations:
Athletics and Fitness Center
Meet Michelle Walsh in the Lobby of the Center
Office of Religious and Spiritual Life and Contemplative Practices at Pratt House
Meet in the Lobby of Pratt House
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Meet Ian Shelley ’22 in the Pavilion of the Art Center
1:15 p.m.
Vassar Faculty Presentation
Creating the Commons: Multidisciplinarity at Vassar
Rockefeller Hall, Room 200
Jonathon Kahn, Professor of Religion
José G. Perillán, Associate Professor of Physics and Science, Technology and Society
Jasmine Syedullah, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
The most pressing global challenges our students will inherit require interdisciplinary approaches, thinking and analysis. They also require we collectively transform our practice of study to create communities of care where we can learn to work together towards creative solutions to complex issues: a commons. A “commons” is a space belonging to the whole community. Join us as three faculty members in the multidisciplinary programs explore ways of building an educational commons at Vassar.
2:30 p.m.
The Power of the Liberal Arts
Martel Recital Hall, Skinner Hall
Elizabeth Bradley, President, Vassar College; Moderator
Eve De Rosa ’91, Dean of Faculty, Cornell University
Himadeep Muppidi, Professor of Political Science, Vassar College
David Oxtoby, President, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
This multi-institutional panel will tackle the meaning of the liberal arts and the influence of such education in the world. This discussion will consider the past, present, and future of higher education using the model of the liberal arts in both domestic and international contexts.
3:30 p.m.
Break
4:00 p.m.
Campaign Announcement
Main Circle
Official Campaign Announcement Event. This event marks the official start of the Campaign, and will feature remarks, video vignettes, and special appearances from alums around the globe. All are welcome!
